Observing that the main objective of the Awami League government is to ensure people’s welfare, Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said there will be no poor in Bangladesh after three years. “The poverty rate has slid down to 22 per cent due to various development programmes taken by the government. There’ll be no poor in the country after three years,” the minister said while speaking at the opening session of a five-day wor...read more

Bangladesh on Sunday expressed deep condolences and sympathies to the victims of the arson attack perpetrated by Israeli settlers in Palestine on July 31. The attack on a Palestinian house in the town of Duma in the West Bank burned an 18-month old P...read more

President M Abdul Hamid is expected to pay a state visit to Vietnam from August 9-12, during which the entire range of bilateral issues will come up for discussion, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday. Among the bilateral issues, connectiv...read more